Fahd bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud
King and Prime Minister

(pronounced "FAHD bin AHB-dool ah-ZEEZ al-sah-OOD")

"The Kingdom, through continuous work on the part of the Government and through the understanding and cohesion of the citizens, undertakes to surmount all difficulties, of whatever nature, to attain, if God so wills, a prosperous society, a society well-balanced economically, culturally and intellectually, and one based on the teachings and spiritual values of Islam."

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 when King Abdul Aziz al-Saud, commonly known in the West as Al-Saud, consolidated his conquests. Saudi Arabia occupies about 80% of the Arabian peninsula and has an area of 2,149,690 sq km (829,995 sq mi). It is largely a desert country with no rivers or permanent bodies of water and has poorly defined borders. To the west lies the...